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Prototype of Russian transport plane Ilyushin Il-112V crashes during training flight killing all three people on board - reports

Jonny Tickle
RT
Tue, 17 Aug 2021 10:37 UTC
Ilyushin Il-112V crash
A prototype of a Russian military transport plane has crashed just outside Moscow, killing all three people on board, media reported on Tuesday. The Ilyushin Il-112V aircraft was undergoing a test flight to the Kubinka air base.

The incident has been reported by the plane's developer United Aircraft Corporation, which has not confirmed the fatalities so far.

According to a source for TASS, there were three people on board, including Honored Test pilot Nikolay Kuimov, who holds the status of Hero of Russia. Before the plane crashed, the aircraft's right engine went on fire, causing the Il-112V to tilt to the right side. The aircraft began to lose speed before flipping over and falling to the ground, the news agency reports.
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CNN reporter in Kabul mocked for clip saying Taliban fighters 'seem friendly' after some shout 'death to America!'


RT
Mon, 16 Aug 2021 07:54 UTC
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CNN Chief International Correspondent Clarissa Ward was ridiculed on social media for reporting that members of the Taliban who were shouting "death to America!" behind her in Kabul seemed to be "friendly" nonetheless.

Reporting live on-air from outside of the United States' abandoned embassy in Kabul, CNN recorded a group of armed men in a truck with a Taliban flag, who chanted 'Allahu Akbar!' ('God is the greatest') while at least one of the group also appeared to be shouting "death to America!"

Ward - who could be seen wearing a full, black Islamic head covering after the Taliban took over the city - told viewers "they're just chanting 'death to America' but they seem friendly at the same time. It's utterly bizarre."

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Eye 1

Shocking and dehumanizing discrimination against the unvaccinated is about to make life VERY difficult

Daisy Luther
The Organic Prepper
Tue, 17 Aug 2021 07:42 UTC
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All over the world, the hot-button subject of the moment is the Covid vaccination. Many governments discuss making it mandatory, a terrifying concept for people who believe that the vaccine is unsafe. But perhaps even more appalling are the shocking things that people are saying about those who are unvaccinated.

This article isn't about whether the vaccine is safe or not. I'm not urging anyone to get the vaccine, nor am I urging anyone to avoid it. I believe that my health decisions are my choice, and yours are your choice.

I hope that when you read these comments, whatever side of the debate you are on, you stop and think about your humanity. If this were done to any other group of people, it would be considered hate speech. Because the mainstream media and the narrative are tightly controlled right now, this isn't just thought of as acceptable but a signal of superior virtue.

The danger of "othering"

We already talked about how people would be "encouraged" to get the vaccine through a loss of liberty "privileges." By now, those eager to get the vaccine have done so. Also, those with valid reasons (like loss of income) have also gotten the jab. Therefore, holdouts who remain adamant they won't get the vaccine are now being exposed to a whole new level of "encouragement" via extreme social pressure.

A phenomenon called "othering" is used in both the violence dynamics world and in brainwashing. Othering is when a person determines that another person is unworthy, threatening, or all-around inadequate and hardly even the same species.

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China's state media mocked the US withdrawal in Afghanistan, saying the Taliban takeover was 'more smooth than the presidential transition in the US'

Cheryl Teh
Business Insider
Mon, 16 Aug 2021 18:15 UTC
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China's state media mocked the US troop withdrawal in Afghanistan, saying the Taliban's takeover of the country was "more smooth" than the presidential transfer of powers in the US.

The opinion was tweeted out on August 15 by Hu Xijin, the editor-in-chief of the Global Times, a state-affiliated media outlet in China.

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A short-lived Trump campaign staffer is now at the head of the far right's Jan. 6 counternarrative

Sarah Mimms
BuzzFeed
Mon, 16 Aug 2021 13:41 UTC
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© Joe Raedle / Getty ImagesMatt Braynard (left) helps artist Tommy Zegan move his statue of former president Donald Trump to a van during the Conservative Political Action Conference on Feb. 27 in Orlando.
Last month, some members of Congress who have downplayed the significance of the Jan. 6 insurrection gathered outside the Justice Department to get answers, they said, about the treatment of people arrested for allegedly storming the Capitol.

Even though the press conference by Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene, Matt Gaetz, Paul Gosar, and Louie Gohmert didn't get very far — it was memorably ended by protesters and a persistent man with a whistle — Matt Braynard, who was not a part of the event, would still like to take credit for it.

Braynard, who worked for Trump for five months on the 2016 campaign before he was let go, has been Forrest Gumping his way through the postelection Trump universe. In December, he testified alongside Rudy Giuliani alleging mass voter fraud in Arizona. A week later, he told legislators in Georgia that he'd found 21,000 illegal ballots in the state (before his data was methodically torn apart by a Democratic legislator who tracked down several of the voters herself). He was a paid expert witness in three cases challenging the election results, none of which went anywhere. Long after Trump left office, he has continued releasing reports of "illegal ballots" in Wisconsin and Georgia and is working on one for Arizona, all states where pro-Trump Republicans have pushed for so-called audits of the election.

Comment: Whether the above is a fair representation of Braynard (it is, after all, from BuzzFeed; not exactly known for their objectivity and non-partisanship) is difficult to tell. Is Braynard a grifter, cashing in on the righteous indiganation of Trump supporters, or is he actually doing his part to see justice served? The Trump campaign's unwillingness to work with Braynard is telling (it brings to mind Sydney Powell). One thing is for certain - there's more to the story than what's presented here.

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The IPCC report & the pivot from Covid to climate

Kit Knightly
OffGuardian
Mon, 16 Aug 2021 07:17 UTC
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The latest IPCC report on climate change was released last week, and has signalled a sea-change in the ongoing "big issue". The Pandemic was fun while it lasted, but it's time it faded back and we got on with the next stage.

That's not just my interpretation either, they are quite literally saying it themselves.

Usually, when there's a big narrative shift looming, you can find one key article that tells you everything you need to know about the plan. For the IPCC report, it's this iNews article by Andrew Marr. Where he literally uses the phrase "hinge to climate from Covid" several times:
"There is a great turn coming, a change in the terms of political debate, a period of hinge. We are swinging from the many months of coronavirus obsession into an autumn which will be dominated, rightly, by the climate emergency. But much of what we have learned from Covid-19 - about the state, authority, journalism and civil society - is directly applicable to what's coming next."
The media have, naturally, been full of headlines on the IPCC report, with varying degrees of alarmism and insanity.

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Blue Planet

Second Nigerian girl freed in a week, seven years after abduction by Boko Haram


Euronews
Sun, 15 Aug 2021 12:05 UTC
Chibok Nigerian
© Thomson Reuters 2021Second Nigerian "Chibok girl" freed in a week seven years after abduction
A second young woman abducted seven years ago from the town of Chibok by Boko Haram militants was freed this week, Borno state's governor said on Saturday.

The kidnappings of some 270 teenagers in the northeastern town in 2014 sparked an international outcry and a viral campaign on social media with the hashtag #bringbackourgirls.

The army handed over Hassana Adamu, along with her two children, to Governor Babagana Zulum on Saturday, one week after his office announced that another of the victims had been freed and reunited with her parents.

Adamu, like the other of the recently freed "Chibok girl", as the victims became known, "presented herself to the Nigerian army", the governor's office said.

Comment: For insight into just what is driving destabilization in the region, check out SOTT's: Western-backed Boko Haram and 'Patriotic' Militants Efforts to Counter China-Nigeria Relations

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Eye 1

Japan extends 'state of emergency', rolls out restrictions across country, Melbourne under total lockdown despite only 22 cases of Covid


Japan Times
Mon, 16 Aug 2021 23:34 UTC
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© Kyodo, JIJI, REUTERSThe central government is set to declare a COVID-19 state of emergency in seven more prefectures in addition to Tokyo and five other areas, government sources said Monday, as cases continue to rise. |
The central government is set to declare a COVID-19 state of emergency in seven more prefectures in addition to Tokyo and five other areas, government sources said Monday, as cases continue to rise.

A decision to declare an emergency in Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, Shizuoka, Kyoto, Hyogo and Fukuoka prefectures from Friday to Sept. 12 is expected to be made on Tuesday, they said.

The state of emergency through Aug. 31 for Tokyo, Kanagawa, Chiba, Saitama, Osaka and Okinawa will also be extended to Sept. 12, the sources said.

Comment: Meanwhile Australia continues its descent into a hellscape:
Australia extends brutal lockdown in Melbourne, reinstates night curfew

Australian authorities reinstated a night curfew and extended COVID-19 lockdown measures in Melbourne for another two weeks to contain an outbreak of the highly infectious Delta coronavirus variant.


'Three weeks to flatten the curve'...


The current lockdown was due to end on Thursday night but will now run until Sept. 2, Victoria state Premier Daniel Andrews told reporters in Melbourne, the state capital.

The state on Monday reported 22 local cases, down from 25 a day earlier.

"The rules don't kick in until midnight, but I'm asking people to observe that curfew from 9 p.m. tonight," Andrews said.
Also check out SOTT radio's: NewsReal: Pandemic is Over! (If You Want it)



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Stock Down

World's third-busiest port remains partially shut in China, sixth consecutive day


Investing
Sun, 15 Aug 2021 11:45 UTC
Ningbo
© Qilai Shen/BloombergContainers sit stacked next to gantry cranes in this aerial photograph taken above the Port of Ningbo-Zhoushan in Ningbo, China, on Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2018. President Donald Trump wants to reach an agreement on trade with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Group of 20 nations summit in Argentina later this month and has asked key U.S. officials to begin drafting potential terms, according to four people familiar with the matter.
China's Ningbo-Zhoushan container port, the world's third-busiest, remained partially closed for a sixth day Monday, amid ongoing concern over whether the shutdown will disrupt trade from the region longer term.

The port hasn't published any updates on its operations since Wednesday, when it halted all inbound and outbound container services at its Meishan terminal after one employee tested positive for Covid-19. Consultant GardaWorld estimated the terminal accounted for about 25% of container cargo through the port, though Ningbo-Zhoushan had said it would redirect ships to other terminals and adjust operating hours at other docks.

Comment: It's notable that just a month earlier a port and railway in South Africa was shut due to a major cyber attack. And earlier in March and then May there were issues with ships blocking the passage of the Suez canal. Should this pattern continue, it's possible the cumulative effect of these shutdowns and delays could soon cause significant disruptions to shipping logistics worldwide.

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Real estate developer sues Los Angeles over eviction moratorium, claims 'astronomical losses' in unpaid rent

Gina Martinez
Daily Mail
Thu, 12 Aug 2021 18:10 UTC
California, Evictions, rent, economy, foreclosures, protest
© AFP via Getty ImagesLos Angeles' moratorium states that residents who are not able to pay rent due to the pandemic cannot be evicted for at least 12 months after the local emergency period expires
A building management company has sued the City of Los Angeles for $100 million claiming they have lost $20 million in unpaid rent due to the eviction moratorium and predict their losses will triple before the ban ends.

The suit was filed by GHP Management Corp, which is owned by real estate developer Geoffrey Palmer.

GHP claimed that the 12 buildings under its management have experienced a combined loss of $20million in unpaid rental income as a result of the COVID-19 eviction moratorium, which stops landlords kicking out tenants.

Comment: Also see: Welcome to the Great Reset? Corporate landlords poised to snatch Americans' property after eviction moratorium expires

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